Dar Saida

06/11/2025

If you are stuck for things to do during your stay. Plenty of great ideas here!

The gift of Fez lies in its unscripted moments. Explore its intricate maze with these top activities.

04/11/2025

14/06/2025

Admirant sa médina labyrinthique, ses écoles anciennes et ses traditions vibrantes, un nouvel article du Telegraph découvre à Fès un Maroc plus profond et plus calme, laissant derrière lui la populaire Marrakech. Dans un article de voyage élogieux, intitulé sans détour « Laissez Marrakech ...

18/02/2025

https://bbc.in/3MJ4AAk

As overcrowded European destinations struggle to deal with hordes of travellers, some places not only offer an alternative to mass tourism but actively want you to visit.

29/09/2019

Worth a quick read - good advice on drinking water (don’t drink tap water), street food (don’t be afraid to eat it) and tummy medication!

Morocco welcomed one million tourists every month in 2018, and that number has only grown in 2019. Morocco World News.

19/07/2019

An insight into the tanneries of Fez.

04/07/2019

My friends and I debated the best way to see Morocco’s oldest medina while planning our past weekend in Fez. Morocco World News.

02/07/2019

Textile buttons. An offshoot of Sefrous tailoring craft that is so predominant in Morocco and Sefrou, thanks to the Jews and the craft of tailoring.
These tiny, hand woven buttons that adorn traditional Moroccan Kaftans and Djelabas represent so much culture and socio-politics. Made by women all over Morocco but more so in Sefrou and the region than anywhere. They say that every Sefrouian girl knows how to create a button. Its a cottage industry and way for girls/women to earn a side income whilst still doing domestic duties or studies.
The thing that sits uncomfortably, is that there are no unions, and so this popular and important accessory never increases in price. Made for a pittance. There are too many makers-in-need in the market and not enough systematized cooperatives for the button makers alone. The diaspora is too dispersed with no communication system.
Moroccan Kaftans and djelabas are prized all over the United Arab Emirates and North African region, and as Morocco is one of the cheaper labors of the Arab world, Sefrouian buttons are exported as far and wide as Saudi. You can rest assured not sold for the 4 dh a bunch they are made for. On one Kaftan there are an average of 200 hand woven buttons.
The pride is that it marks Sefrou and is a means to independent income for many a house bound woman.
70% of Moroccan women are the bread winners in families today. That statistic we have seen evidence of in many medina women who are entrepreneurs and self taught go-getters.
Bravo! the button makers and bravo those many women who go out and reap the metaphorical harvests.

14/02/2019

All of the carbs.